John Guidetti believes he has nothing to prove in the Premier League after helping Sweden to victory at the Under 21 European Championship and plans to decide his future on Friday.

The Manchester City reject featured heavily in his country's unexpected run to the final – which they won on penalties against the highly-rated Portuguese – and scored two goals, just one short of golden boot winner Jan Kliment's total.

Guidetti becomes a free agent on Wednesday, yet, having also struggled to establish himself while on loan at Stoke before being moved on to Celtic, is unconcerned about his future prospects.

Guidetti says he has nothing to prove to the Premier League after Sweden beat Portugal in a shootout

The Swede (left), whose time at Manchester City comes to an end on Wednesday, holds his bronze boot for being the third highest goalscorer in the tournament alongside Czech Republic golden boot winner Jan Kliment

Pointing to his European Championship winner's medal, he told Sportsmail: 'Right now, I don't have to prove anything [to the Premier League] with this golden thing around my neck. I'm so happy.

'The Premier League is a fantastic league. Of course, it's a dream for everybody to play in there, that's normal. But I don't know what's going to happen.

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'I tried to do my best to make sure my future is good, I got the bronze shoe [for goalscoring], I would have got the gold if I would have scored one more goal. But I don't care about that – right now I'm just happy to be here and to win, and it's amazing.

Guidetti wears a wig and scarves as he thanks fans following Sweden's first U21 Euros victory

Guidetti, now 23, has been with City since joining the club as a youth player in 2008

After loans including Burnley and Stoke City, Guidetti scored eight goals in 19 starts for Celtic last season

Newcastle, West Ham, Tottenham and Liverpool are among those also known to be interested in recruiting a striker and, despite his previous disappointments in England, the 23-year-old revealed a transfer to each appealed to him.

'They're fantastic football clubs and the Premier League is one of the best in the world, of course it's appealing,' he said.

'I trust my agent – I don't know what's concrete, and what's not – I don't want to speculate, I just want to stay focused on what's the truth and I will find out the truth on Friday.'